Principle Investigators, Research Themes

2009 FY

Hitoshi Okamoto

Study on the regulatory mechanisms for behavioral and learning choices by the habenula

Yasuo Kawaguchi

Integrative analysis of inter-region and local circuit connections in the cerebral cortex

Yukiko Gotoh

Production of various neural cell types by regulation of neural stem cells

Tomoyuki Takahashi

Presynaptic regulatory mechanism in neuronal communication and its postnatal development

Takahisa Furukawa

Analysis of the synapse formation and the functional networks in the vertebrate retina

Masanori Matsuzaki

Spatio-temporal representation of the motor information in the brain revealed by cutting-edge techniques

Hajime Mushiake

Neural mechanisms underlying dynamic representations of information in the brain: state transitions in local circuits

Kensaku Mori

Neuronal circuit mechanisms underlying odor-induced motivational and emotional behaviors

Michisuke Yuzaki

Role of C1q family signaling in regulation of synapse formation in mature brain

2010 FY

Kei Ito

System analysis of the structure and function of higher order neural circuits integrating sensory information

Kenichi Ohki

Architecture of functional neural circuits in the cerebral cortex

Kuniyoshi L. Sakai

Elucidation of working principles within neural networks controlling language

Yoshimi Takai

Roles of cell adhesion molecules in the formation of hippocampal neuronal circuitry

Haruhiko Bito

Elucidation of the molecular basis of signaling cascades underlying plastic neuronal circuits via development of new probing and control technologies

Toshihide Yamashita

Elucidation of mechanisms of neural network reorganization and functional recovery after brain injury

2011 FY

Junichi Nabekura

Neuron-glia interaction in long-term remodeling of synapses in vivo

Eiji Hoshi

Modes of motor information processing in primate cerebro-cerebello-basal ganglia networks

Yasushi Miyashita

Neurophysiological investigation of mechanisms of cognitive memory network in the cerebral cortex of macaques

Takeshi Yagi

Neuronal individuality providing neural circuit formation and cell assembly